netdev - [PATCH] mac80211: Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP

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Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:23:15 +0100
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_ATOMIC when possible

Previous memory allocations in this function already use GFP_KERNEL, so
use __dev_alloc_skb() and an explicit GFP_KERNEL instead of an implicit
GFP_ATOMIC.

This gives more opportunities of successful allocation.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 net/mac80211/mesh.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index 1d3b4ad32965..5275f4f32a78 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ ieee80211_mesh_build_beacon(struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh)
 
 	bcn = kzalloc(sizeof(*bcn) + head_len + tail_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	/* need an skb for IE builders to operate on */
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(max(head_len, tail_len));
+	skb = __dev_alloc_skb(max(head_len, tail_len), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!bcn || !skb)
 		goto out_free;
-- 
2.32.0